The Word on the Street Podcast has been an incredible journey for Katie and Street Agency, and it has taught us so much.  We have had so many incredible guests on the Podcast talking about everything from marketing, to winning new business, to growing an agency.  Katie and her guests have also discussed personal struggles, mental health, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and so much more, including hosting our first-ever live Podcast in London!  This is the final episode of the Word...

This episode is a podshare with Kevin Dunn, host of the HubSpot Podcast - Agency Unfiltered. Kevin Dunn is a PMP® certified project manager, a recent finalist for the ACE Voice Award from CustomerEducation.org, and a senior manager of HubSpot Academy, where he leads the team responsible for partner and developer education. He is also the host of Agency Unfiltered, a weekly podcast featuring agency owners from around the world discussing operations, growth, and scale. This episode covers: ...

Konrad Sanders runs a charming team of strategic word-slingers, known as The Creative Copywriter. They’re a fast-growing content strategy and copywriting agency that blend art with science to help bold brands sell more stuff. Brands like Adidas, Hyundai, TikTok, Geox, Les Benjamins, Superdrug, PTC, Thomson Reuters, VMW and plenty more. His mission? To break the boundaries of corporate dullness. And help companies pierce through the noise with ‘real talk’, ‘word science’ and calculated...

Louise is the Founder of Indigo Tree, a digital agency with expertise in designing bespoke WordPress websites, technical SEO, and performance for ambitious organisations across the UK.  With over 30 years of experience in software and website development, Louise has spoken at WordCamps and conferences and is driven by her passion for technology and business, and an enthusiasm to deliver the best results for her clients. Louise has been named one of the top female game-changing innovators...

Mike Lander and Kevin Gibbons are the hosts of It’s a Good Start Podcast. The aim of the show is to help scale-up entrepreneurs master the best of what other people have already figured out, so that they can unlock their own potential. Mike and Kevin share their experiences in entrepreneurship, running digital agencies / consultancies and looking at the buyer side perspective, so that listeners can take what’s useful and get off to a good start themselves. Kevin is Founder and CEO at...

Tracey has always been passionate about business and bringing ideas to life; she is entrepreneurial to her core. A native New Zealander, Tracey arrived in the UK over 20 years ago with £80, a backpack and a First-Class Master’s Degree in Marketing & Management.  With Creative Services as her focus, she went on to work for iconic brands including RBS, British Gas and Forte Hotels, before setting up her own agency. In 2004, Tracey founded her first software company, Sohnar, opening offices...

Sabrina is a Podcaster, Business Owner, Chess Master, and Author. She is the Founder of Complex Creative - who are known as the No Bullsh*t Agency, as they are fully honest and transparent with their work and they explain things exactly how they are. Sabrina has her own Podcast called ‘No Bullsh*t Talks’ where she has real, honest conversations with entrepreneurs and business owners all over the world. Sabrina is part of several initiatives including the Complex Creative Pro-Bono Scheme,...

Alex is the Director and Co-Founder of bid and business development consultancy, Stephen Alexander. They work with a wide range of agencies to help them secure new work by providing hands-on support and expert guidance on competitive tendering, specialising in public sector bidding. Prior to setting up Stephen Alexander, Alex spent more than 20 years in a range of marketing, communications, and business development roles, in financial and professional services, manufacturing, market...

Steve Wiideman is the President - SEO Consultant/SEO Expert of Wiideman Consulting Group. Specialising in strategic planning for multi-location and franchise brands, Steve considers himself a scientist and practitioner of local and e-commerce search engine optimization and paid search advertising. He is the author of SEO Strategy & Skills, a college textbook through Stukent. Wiideman has personally played a role in the inbound successes of brands that have included Disney, Linksys,...

Lucy Whittington is the Director of Brilliant Business Things - Helping business owners do more of what they are brilliant at. Combining marketing, sales, and strategy, Lucy gives business owners clarity on the things they do best and gives them smarter ways to grow their business. Lucy has worked with start-ups through to PLCs. She hasn’t run out of marketing ideas yet, and loves making things work better. MBA qualified, and 25+ years experience of business have got her to where she is...

Anna Bravington is the Co-Founder & Strategist at Those That Dare - Specialists in digital and marketing strategy. She has 20+ years of experience in marketing. Anna has worked in B2B and B2C in a variety of sectors from start-ups to global businesses. Anna is a champion for diversity in marketing, and her agency is currently exploring new ways of working to help capture diverse voices from staff and audiences. This episode Katie and Anna discuss the issues they have faced as solo...

Robin Bonn is the founder of agency transformation consultancy, Co:definery. Robin specialises in helping agencies make immediate business-wide change as well as provides them with long term plans that drive growth. He advises coaches, CEOs and Founders on how to improve on ‘best practices’ and adopt a more modern approach to growth. He explains why you need to have a commitment to your values and mission so that you employ the right people with similar values to your business, as well as...

Katie’s picked out some of her favourite moments from the past few series.  The first clip is Gareth Healey, Marketing Agency Mentor and Founder of Beyond Noise. In it he talks about why it is important for your agency to stand out and be seen in a very crowded marketplace. Our second highlight clip comes from Peter Markey, CMO at Boots, discussing how big brands like Boots place importance on the purpose and values they have and they look for similar values in the agencies they work with....

To celebrate the 100th episode of Word on Street Katie hosts her first live podcast with a panel including 3 of the biggest names in marketing. Grace Andrews Head of Content for Steven Bartlett and UK #1 Podcast Diary of a CEO. Grace speaks about how to build your personal brand and optimise it to win more new business. Kate Munday, Google’s go-to speaking coach. She has 10 years experience working in sales and marketing with some of the most globally recognised companies from the FTSE...

Nigel's agency works with the fastest-growing direct to consumer (DTC) brands in health and wellness in the $5 - $30 Million range using digital growth marketing. Nigel spent four years building three marketing agencies. Two of them grew from 0 to 7-figures in 1 year. He knows what it takes to put in place complex paid social campaigns at scale. Currently as the CEO of Alpha Inbound, he focuses on building his reputation in the DTC landscape using business development, partnerships, and...

You could have the best idea in the world but if you are not able to effectively communicate with others it becomes worthless. Kate Munday is an international speaker and coach. She inspires others on how being able to tell a story effectively is the most important tool in your toolbox. Kate is dyslexic, an introvert who suffers with anxiety and previously hated all forms of speaking and is now Google’s go-to speaking coach and brings her secrets to speaking success through in the form of...

Monshur Ali is the CEO & Founder of award winning WeAgile digital agency, advisor and Entrepreneur of the Year finalist at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. He has 15+ years of experience within digital working with clients such as Amazon, Sony, Calm and Airbnb. Monshur founded WeAgile, a full service remote first agency, in 2019 with the aim of disrupting the age-old agency model by putting the creatives first. Since launching, Monshur has grown WeAgile globally with both teams and...

Podcasting is a growing part of the marketing sector. James Burtt is a branding expert who has worked with 150+ entrepreneurs, brands, investors, PTs, coaches, influencers, actors, athletes and media companies on how to create global audiences by having a branded podcast. All of his clients' shows have featured in the iTunes top charts which makes him one of the leading podcast experts in the country.  James has launched - and managed the development of - a number of six figures businesses...

On today’s Word on the Street episode, Katie speaks to Lea Turner, Director of Lea Does LinkedIn - Bespoke 1:1 and group LinkedIn training, digital courses, and in-person workshops for businesses. Lea crashed onto LinkedIn in October 2019 with no prior knowledge of the platform, but her vibrant, personable, and uplifting posts quickly drove countless leads and over 10,000 followers in her direction. She has grown a massive network of more than 150,000 people and started her own LinkedIn...

On today’s Word on the Street episode, Katie speaks to Emily Monsell-Holden, Founder and Brand Consultant at hollow & hill - Helping premium and heritage brands with purpose to be the best version of themselves by embedding brand into the heart of their culture. For almost a decade Emily headed up brand and marketing the iconic family-run wine and spirits merchant, Berry Bros. & Rudd and she now runs her own consultancy, Hollow & Hill, specialising in helping heritage brands...

On today’s Word on the Street episode, Katie speaks to Guy Edwards, Founder of Blackbird Agency.   Guy is a salesperson and trainer with 16 years of experience, a good proportion of that working on agency propositions, Guy is passionate about outbound sales. By his own admission, he is wildly impatient and as a result developed a sales process that whilst supporting the prospect's decision, both qualifies their value to the salesperson and moves them through the process to close quickly....

On August’s edition of The New World of New Biz, Katie Street was joined by Amber Campbell - Principal Consultant at Boost Awards - The Business Awards Experts, and Ben Jaffé - Head of Strategy at FCB INFERNO -  One of the world’s leading creative agencies, to share their insight on how to win more new business with agency awards. In this episode you will hear:  How to identify what awards to enterBest practice when enteringHow to win more new business with awardsWhat other benefits do...

On today’s Word on the Street episode, Katie speaks to Nancy Duncan, freelance pitch specialist and creative and strategic consultant, with over 15 years of international experience producing and winning a wide range of pitches. Nancy has led a range of international pitches & projects including interactive experiences, digital installations, streaming channels, product launches, brand experiences, and large-scale public events. She has delivered over 100 creative pitches for agencies...

On today’s episode of Word on the Street, Katie speaks to good friend and major influencer in our network Stephen Knight, CEO & Founder of Pimento - the UK’s leading independent marketing & communications network, Chairman at Ultimate Travel Club, Joint Founder of Now Next Why, Entrepreneur, NED, Trustee and Consultant. A former Advertising Executive, Brand & Marketing Director and CMO with 30 years sales and marketing experience. Stephen has held a variety of positions at major...